An Orlando city firefighter is suspected of damaging 18 cars Monday morning, causing $50,000 in damages at a South Orlando complex. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.

An Orlando city firefighter is suspected of damaging 18 cars Monday morning, causing $50,000 in damages at a South Orlando complex. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.

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Updated: 9:52 PM EDT Sep 9, 2015

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WEBVTT ASKING WHETHER HE'S BEING HELD FULLY ACCOUNTABLE. WESH 2'S BOB KEALING HAS THE LATEST. HE COULD HAVE HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE. THANKFULLY HE DIDN'T. Reporter: NICKY GROSS KI LIVES AT THE LOFTS OF SOTO COMPLEX WHERE 18 CARS WERE HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER WHO LEFT THE SCENE. POLICE ESTIMATE DAMAGE AT $50,000. THE SUSPECT, A 22-YEAR-OLD ORLANDO FIREFIGHTER, KOREY STEINERT, WAS ISSUED THIS CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION, A SECONDARY MISDEMEANOR BUT GROTSKY SAYS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH DAMAGE. AND THOSE PEOPLE ALONE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FIX THEIR CARS. Reporter: IN THEIR REPORT POLICE CITED WITNESSES WHO SUSPECTED STEINERT WAS INTOXICATED. THEY ARRESTED HIM AT HIS APARTMENT ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER. WE CONTACTED OPD TO SEE IF THEIR INVESTIGATORS ASKED STEINERT TO SUBMIT TO A BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST. TODAY THEY ANSWERED US IN AN EMAIL THAT, QUOTE, THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED YOU IS ALL WE HAVE. WHAT THEY GAVE US WAS HIS REDACTED ARREST REPORT WITH NO VISIBLE MENTION OF ANY BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST. HE WAS DUI THAT WAS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL. Reporter: SINCE THE DRIVER LEFT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED UNTIL LATER, WESH 2 ANALYST JEFF DEEN SAYS BLOOD EVIDENCE GATHERED LATER WOULD BE IRRELEVANT IN COURT. THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS AT THE TIME THEY FOUND HIM. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS AT THE TIME HE WAS DRIVING. Reporter: STEINERT HAS NOT RETURNED OUR PHONE CALL. HIS ORLANDO FIRE PERSONNEL FILE

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Orlando firefighter suspected of crashing into 18 vehicles

An Orlando city firefighter is suspected of damaging 18 cars Monday morning, causing $50,000 in damages at a South Orlando complex. Bob Kealing (@bobkealingwesh) has the story.